Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+. It supports the following protocols:

+

[http://www.remmina.org/wp/ Remmina] is a remote desktop client written in GTK+ from the [http://www.freerdp.com/ freerdp] project. It supports the protocols SSH, VNC, RDP, NX and XDMCP.

−

* SSH

−

* VNC

−

* RDP

−

* NX

−

* SFTP

−

* XDMCP

== Installation ==

== Installation ==

−

Install the {{Pkg|remmina}} package. If you need RDP support, you could install {{Pkg|freerdp}} but it is recommended you install {{AUR|remmina-plugin-rdesktop}}. As of Remmina 1.2.0, RDP connections using freerdp suffer from frequent unrequested disconnections but rdesktop RDP connections are much more reliable.

+

Install the {{Pkg|remmina}} package.

−

{{Note|If the RDP option is not available in the Remmina dropdown menu after installing {{Pkg|freerdp}}, make sure to completely quit Remmina first: run {{ic|killall remmina}}. When you restart Remmina, RDP should be available.}}

+

If you need RDP support, also install the optional {{Pkg|freerdp}} or {{AUR|remmina-plugin-rdesktop}}. For these note:

+

* If the RDP option is not available in the Remmina dropdown menu after installing {{Pkg|freerdp}}, make sure to completely quit Remmina first: run {{ic|killall remmina}}. When you restart Remmina, RDP should be available.

+

* As of Remmina 1.2.0, some users report RDP connections using freerdp suffer from frequent unrequested disconnections, but rdesktop RDP connections being more reliable.

== Using from command line ==

== Using from command line ==

Revision as of 18:02, 7 April 2016

Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+ from the freerdp project. It supports the protocols SSH, VNC, RDP, NX and XDMCP.

Installation

If the RDP option is not available in the Remmina dropdown menu after installing freerdp, make sure to completely quit Remmina first: run killall remmina. When you restart Remmina, RDP should be available.

As of Remmina 1.2.0, some users report RDP connections using freerdp suffer from frequent unrequested disconnections, but rdesktop RDP connections being more reliable.

Using from command line

To open previously saved connection profile you can do:

$ remmina -c ~/.remmina/file-name.remmina

Here is the script, which renames connection profile files basing on name= property to make it human readable: